Cathleen Shargay is the Technical Director/Supervisor of the Materials and Welding Engineering group at Fluor Corp. in Aliso Viejo, CA (Email: cathleen.shargay@fluor.com). She has nearly 40 years of experience in the areas of metallurgy, welding, corrosion control, materials selection, and fabrication. Shargay previously worked at Chevron and BP/Arco, and she has experience in oil refining, power plants, gasification, CO2 capture, pipelines, mining facilities, biofuels, and oil and gas production facilities. She is active in industry societies, primarily the National Association for Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and the American Petroleum Institute (API). She was honored by her industry colleagues with a NACE Technical Achievement Award and an appointment to the NACE STG 34 Refining Corrosion Group Chairman position. She has more than 70 publications in her field.